Buddhist dates apply to holidays in most of East Asia; Tibet and Sri Lanka celebrate those holy days on different dates. In addition to its five main religions, India recognizes days for Jainism ...

In many places surveyed, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religious group. Christianity and Buddhism have ...

In the early centuries of recorded history, Hinduism emerged as the dominant global religion. Rooted in the Indian subcontinent, it held the largest following for much of ancient and medieval history ...

Nearly a quarter of the world’s people live in the geographic area known as South Asia, making it one of the most densely-populated places on the planet. Representing a multiplicity of religions, ...

However, people born into Islam or Hinduism rarely change religions or stop believing, finds a survey of 36 countries by Pew ...